Bauhinia polysperma, Bauhinia glauca subsp. tenuiflora, Bauhinia caterviflora, Bauhinia tenuiflora

Glaucous Climbing Bauhinia is a very pretty climbing shrub with clusters of white flowers with a tinge of red in the center.Leaves are alternately arranged, simple, bi-lobed. Margin is entire and somewhat glaucous. Flowers are borne in corymb-like clusters.

Petals are 5, spoon-shaped. Stamens are 3, curved upwards, and the style is long, reddish. The fruit is a non-bursting pod.

The plant is is fast growing and requires a strong support like large trellis or a fence.

Similar plants:

• Bauhinia acuminata (Dwarf White Orchid Tree, White Bauhinia, Kaa-long, Snowy Orchid)
• Bauhinia aureifolia (Gold Leaf Bauhinia, Bai Mai Si Thong)
• Bauhinia bassacensis, Phanera bassacensis (Bauhinia)
• Bauhinia bidentata, Phanera bidentata (Orange Bauhinia, Orange Orchid Vine)
• Bauhinia blakeana (Hong Kong Orchid Tree)
• Bauhinia bowkeri (Kei White Bauhinia, Bowker's Bauhinia, Keibeesklou)
• Bauhinia corymbosa, Phanera corymbosa (Vining bauhinia, Climbing Bauhinia, Camel's foot)
• Bauhinia cunninghamii, Lysiphyllum cunninghamii (Jigal Tree, Kimberley Bauhinia)
• Bauhinia divaricata (Butterfly Orchid Tree)
• Bauhinia forficata, Bauhinia candicans (Pata de Vaca)